Reader request: Repeating notifications in Tasker [Video]

This time I have a reader request for a Tasker profile to show you. The idea behind the profile is to create repeating notifications that actually continue to bug you until you acknowledge their existence. As the video shows, this is quite easy to do in practice, requiring very few actions. It’s also a very customizable system, allowing you to customize it the way you want. I’ll leave it to the video to explain the rest.

About the Author

Andreas Ødegård was an associate editor at Pocketables. He's more interested in aftermarket (and user created) software and hardware than chasing the latest gadgets and tends to stick with his choice of device for a long time as a result of that. Currently that includes an iPad mini and a Samsung Galaxy S II.

Anony Mouse

A good profile to have around. Thanks for posting this video!

Jimmy

Excellent tutorial! Thank you!

Jimmy

Is it possible to turn on the notification LED without creating a notification under Tasker?

Andreas Ødegård

I don’t have a phone with a notification LED, so I have no clue. I know it’s been discussed in the tasker google group, however, so have a look there.

Anony Mouse

I have never been able to do LED without the notification. Unfortunately, it just seems to go with it, so I personally have to do a lot of clearing. :/

Andreas Ødegård

There’s a Notify Cancel – have you tried simply doing that a split second after Notify LED?

Jimmy

Have tried Notify Cancel, but as soon as it is run, it cancels the notification as well as turning off the LED. Maybe Tasker should create a “LED” task in addition to “Notify LED”, just like “Notify Vibrate” and “Vibrate”.

D. Stroya

Thanks for posting this tut. Very helpful.

Hussain

Excellent tutorial!

I have two questions:

1) For variable %rep, why did you set items to be 1:6? Why not just 1? That would still work wouldn’t it?

2) You said there was an alternative method to do this – using Goto. Can you elaborate on that a little? :D

Hussain

Oops! I just realised why you did 1:6. Sorry!! I haven’t tried the profile myself. I just watched the video.

Andreas Ødegård

You answered 1) yourself so
2) The goto action makes the task go back to a previous action in the task, thus creating a loop. It doesn’t have a built-in limitation system for repeats like For does, but you can add one like this (same general example as in the video):